Hello all, I have the following config variables set: workgroup = domain name security = server password server = primary domain controller netbios name = samba server Only problem is what happens if my primary domain controller goes down? Samba stops authenticating right? So one of my pals told me to try and set security to DOMAIN and the password server to the domain name. I tried this and no one was allowed to authenticate. Is there a way for samba to authenticate against a domain, without having to specify a particular server? This way if one goes down and another comes up, Samba's only affected temporarily? -Wes
Helo Wes, You can specify multiple servers in the "password server="; for instance password server = PDC BDC1 BDC2 If PDC is down, it will query BDC1 next, if it's down it will query BDC2, etc. You can also use security=domain, and password server = * but then you will need to follow the instructions (see "Using Samba" online manual at ( http://www.samba.org/samba/oreilly/using_samba ) to join the domain using smbpasswd -j ..... Hope this helps, Don -----Original Message----- From: North, Wesley J [mailto:wesley.north@baesystems.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 18:06 To: 'samba@lists.samba.org' Subject: NT Domain Authentication Hello all, I have the following config variables set: workgroup = domain name security = server password server = primary domain controller netbios name = samba server Only problem is what happens if my primary domain controller goes down? Samba stops authenticating right? So one of my pals told me to try and set security to DOMAIN and the password server to the domain name. I tried this and no one was allowed to authenticate. Is there a way for samba to authenticate against a domain, without having to specify a particular server? This way if one goes down and another comes up, Samba's only affected temporarily? -Wes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Thanks Don, that is exactly what I was looking for. -Wes -----Original Message----- From: MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1) [mailto:don_mccall@hp.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 3:26 PM To: 'North, Wesley J'; 'samba@lists.samba.org' Subject: RE: NT Domain Authentication Helo Wes, You can specify multiple servers in the "password server="; for instance password server = PDC BDC1 BDC2 If PDC is down, it will query BDC1 next, if it's down it will query BDC2, etc. You can also use security=domain, and password server = * but then you will need to follow the instructions (see "Using Samba" online manual at ( http://www.samba.org/samba/oreilly/using_samba ) to join the domain using smbpasswd -j ..... Hope this helps, Don -----Original Message----- From: North, Wesley J [mailto:wesley.north@baesystems.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 18:06 To: 'samba@lists.samba.org' Subject: NT Domain Authentication Hello all, I have the following config variables set: workgroup = domain name security = server password server = primary domain controller netbios name = samba server Only problem is what happens if my primary domain controller goes down? Samba stops authenticating right? So one of my pals told me to try and set security to DOMAIN and the password server to the domain name. I tried this and no one was allowed to authenticate. Is there a way for samba to authenticate against a domain, without having to specify a particular server? This way if one goes down and another comes up, Samba's only affected temporarily? -Wes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba